Observation by Alan Thomas: NGC6826 the Blinking Planetary Nebula Cy...

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2022 Jul 15 - 23:15

Uploaded

2022 Jul 16 - 17:18

Objects

NGC6826

Equipment

Unistellar eQuinox 112mm reflector

Exposure

20min.

Location

Norbreck Observatory, Warrington, Cheshire, UK.

Target name

NGC6826 the Blinking Planetary Nebula Cygnus

Title

NGC6826 the Blinking Planetary Nebula Cygnus

About this image

This planetary nebula was discovered by William Herschel in September 1793.

In this image, the nebula appears perfectly round, rather than slightly elliptical, and the central star (mag.10.6) is not seen.

Diameter 0.44x0.40 ly. Distance c.2-5,000ly. Apparent magnitude 8.8.

Bortle 7/8. Moon waxing gibbous 93% 17 days old, but very low in the SE.

Files associated with this observation

eVscope-20220715-231510 (2).jpg (1.0 MB)

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